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Series
Criterion collection volume 819
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Boxer Joe Pendleton dies 50 years too soon due to a heavenly mistake, and is given a new life as a millionaire playboy.
42) Facing Ali
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Ten of boxing's best fighters tell what it was like to fight Muhammad Ali.
43) Rocky IV
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Rocky's training takes him to icy Siberia where he prepares for a globally-televised match in Moscow to face Drago, a six-foot, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union.
44) Rocky II
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the rematch of the century as Rocky Balboa takes on Apollo Creed in this powerful follow-up to one of the most acclaimed movies in film history. After club fighter Rocky Balboa goes the distance with the world heavyweight champion, boxing fans clamor for a rematch. But Rocky, having sustained massive injuries in the bout, announces his retirement. Though he tries to make a new life for himself, Rocky realizes that he can't escape his true calling....
45) Creed II
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life has become a balancing act for Adonis Creed. Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight, he is up against the challenge of his life. Facing an opponent with ties to his family's past only intensifies his impending battle in the ring. Rocky Balboa is there by his side through it all and, together, Rocky and Adonis will confront their shared legacy, question what's worth fighting for, and discover that nothing's more important...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavy-weight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labor on the docks of Hoboken. Only his manager, Joe Gould, still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help feed his wife and...
47) Raging bull
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Tells the story of boxer Jake La Motta's life and how his self-destructive behavior affected his career and relationships.
48) Fat city
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Stockton, California, is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Munger into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed...
49) Diggstown
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Hustler Gabriel Caine, just out of prison, heads to Diggstown, a small town where boxing matches go down with no rules and high stakes, and tries to set up the town owner by arranging for ten Diggstown men to fight a retired contender in 24 hours.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
In his final film, Humphrey Bogart stars as a sportswriter who joins forces with a corrupt boxing promoter. Together, they scheme to deceive a clumsy, seven-foot giant into believing he has a shot at the heavyweight title.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the best-selling author behind My Weird School: a quirky new biography series that casts fresh light on high-interest historic figures. Did you know that Muhammad Ali was so terrified of flying on planes he would bring a parachute? Or that he won the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Bet you didn't know that he had an official sweat-taster to determine how salty his sweat was after each match! Siblings Paige and Turner do-and they've collected...
52) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
Micky Ward is a struggling boxer long overshadowed by his older brother and trainer, Dicky, a local legend battling his own demons. Their explosive relationship threatens to take them both down. However, the bond of blood may be their only chance to redeem their pasts, and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it's been waiting for: pride.
53) Count me out
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
South-east London gangland meets the alternative lifestyle of a travelling fair. Jet Heywood is a fairground boxer past his prime who, after a street brawl, finds himself nursing a head wound. His brother Scott has long wanted out of his dead-end life as a security van driver, and when his van disappears with a two million pound payload Jet doesnt know whether Scott was victim or thief. But Scotts old gang knows and they reckon...
54) Jungleland
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Stan and Lion are two brothers struggling to stay relevant in the underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. While Stan trains Lion for the fight of his life, a series of events threaten to tear the brothers apart but their love for one another and belief in a better life keep them going.
Author
Publisher
Shaye Areheart Books
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Escaping from custody after being arrested for the serial killings of pauper children, former boxing champion Tom Sayers, desperate to prove himself innocent and to reveal the true murderer, searches for the dark truth and ancient evil behind the murders.
56) Killer's kiss
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
A boxer in New York protects a nightclub dancer, not knowing that her boss is a gangster.
57) Winner take all
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
While resting up at a New Mexico health ranch, lightweight contender Jimmy Kane falls for Peggy Harmon, a beautiful widow with a sickly young son. Promising to send for them in a couple of months, he returns to the ring and lines up a shot at the title. But when he meets a society tease whose flirtations are mistaken for love, Peggy is summoned to win Jimmy back before he destroys his career.
58) Dempsey
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The Roaring Twenties set the stage for a drama immortalizing the life and loves of one of the greatest prizefighters in history.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A biography of boxer Muhammad Ali.
"Muhammad Ali was the leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century and a charismatic, beloved public figure. His objection to the military draft during the Vietnam War made him an icon for a generation, and his impact in sports and the Civil Rights movement is still felt today"--provided by publisher.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Champion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
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